Kitchen-sink cover.



A. G. DEMAREST.

KITCHEN SINK COVER.

APPLICATION TILED 0m. 23, 190B.

91 4, 120, Patented Mar. 2, 1909.

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ADAM GIFFEN DEMAREST, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

KITCHEN-SINK COVER.

Application filed October 23, 1908.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, ADAM GIFFEN DEMA- REST, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, inthe county and State of New special form through which hot an cold watermay pass from the spigots, and further provided with smaller openingsfor facilitating the drainage of such water as may be accidentallyspilled upon the sink cover.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective showing my im proved sink cover as mountedupon a sink and ready for use; and Fig. 2 is a vertical cross sectionthrough the same.

Mounted upon a wall 3 is a splash board l, and disposed below the latterare brackets 5. Mounted upon these brackets is the sink basin 6,provided with flanges 7 turned outwardly. My sink cover is madepreferably of sheet metal, as shown, and consists of a bottom panel 8,side panels 9, 10 and end panels 11. The bottom panel is provided withtwo openings 12 and the latter are placed directly under two spigots 13,14, arranged in the usual manner for kitchen use. The panel 8 is furtherprovided with drainage holes 15, 16, arranged in two rows as shown, eachrow extending from a point approximating the location of an opening 12nearly to the end of the side panels immediately adjacent.

At 17 is shown hot water flowing into the sink.

The operation of my device is as follows: In washing dishes the sinkcover may be used as a shelf for the dishpan, which would then be nearto the hot and cold water, thereby dispensing with the labor of carryingwater from one part of the kitchen to another; the sink cover thus beinga great convenience. The openings 12, because of their diamondSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 2, 1909.

Serial No. 59,115.

shape, have a tendency to prevent undue splashing of water upon the sinkcover. I have noticed that when a spigot of ordinary construction isoperated so as to discharge water, there is a marked tendency of thewater to spread out into a flat stream nearly always parallel with thegeneral direction of the wall and, of course, more or less regular inshape. This being the case, the diamond shape of the openings permitsthe water to pass into the sink with a minimum of splashing upon thesink cover. If any water happens to accumulate upon the sink cover,however, the cover is tilted, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2,the water then drifting toward the wall and passing through the openings15, 16. These openings are so disposed relatively to the diamondshapedopenings 12 as to be most favorably situated for receiving suchwater as may accumulate in the sink cover. For instance, if a littlewater should splash when the spigot 13 is being used, such water wouldin all probability fall not far from the holes 16.

The sink cover above described also acts as a great saving to clotheswhich are often soiled with water that splashes from the bottom of thesink while the water is being drawn from the spigots. This fact alonewould be appreciated by the housewife who frequently has to be her ownkitchen maid.

The comparatively small cost of construction puts the sink cover withineasy reach of the most economical housekeeper.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. A sink cover having generally the form of a shallow'pan, the bottomof said pan be ing flat and provided with diamond-shaped openings placedcorner to corner, and further provided with drainage holes smaller thansaid diamond-shaped openings.

2. A sink cover comprising a member of sheet material having generallythe form of a shallow pan and provided with a flat bottom, said bottombeing provided with a plurality of diamond-shaped openings placed cornerto corner and located adjacent to one edge of said pan, said bottombeing further provided with a plurality of drainage holes disposedintermediate said edge and said diamondshaped openings.

3. The combination of asink, a plurality of spigots located thereover,and a sink cover ameters in a plane crossing said spigots for spigots'rom sp'ashing upon said (pan, said having generally the form of a panand restotpenings but nearer than said openings to 10 ing 11 on saidsink, said sink cover being prot e adjacent edge of said cover. videwith two openings disposed below said In testimony whereof I have signedmy spigot, said openings having their longest diname to thisspecification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ADAM GIFFEN DEMAREST. Witnesses:

WALTON HARRISON, EVERARD B. MARSHALL.

the pur ose of reventing Water from said sink cover being further provied with drainage holes disposed adjacent to said

